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2006 HEALTH RELATED LEGISLATION

Bill Number/Patron	Committee	Bill Summary Text
HB 13 Phillip A. Hamilton	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Reporting of tuberculosis strains with antimicrobial drug susceptibilities.
HB 110 John S. Reid	General Laws	Strategic plan; impact of aging population.
HB 123 William H. Fralin, Jr.	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Medical assistance services; mental health services for at-risk youth.
HB 129 John A. Cosgrove	Health, Welfare, Institutions	State Board of Health; emergency orders.
HB 173 L. Scott Lingamfelter	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Notification to parents of certain health services to minors.
HB 187 Robert G. Marshall	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Prohibition on the provision of certain intervening medical technology to unmarried women.
HB 189 Robert G. Marshall	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Licensure of abortion clinics.
HB 229 Dwight Clinton Jones	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Medical Assistance; prevention of chronic conditions.
HB 237 Robert G. Marshall	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Certain requirements for physicians performing abortions.
HB 253 John A. Cosgrove	Commerce and Labor	Health insurance; refusal to accept assignments prohibited.
HB 258 Jeion A. Ward	Commerce and Labor	Health Care Funding Act; penalties.
HB 290 S. Chris Jones	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Board of Pharmacy; specific powers and duties.
HB 299 S. Chris Jones	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Registered pharmacy technicians.
HB 300 S. Chris Jones	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Physician assistants; forms and certificates.
HB 302 S. Chris Jones	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Inspections of nonresident pharmacies seeking registration to conduct business in the Commonwealth.
HB 311 M. Kirkland Cox	General Laws	Health insurance for certain state employees; TRICARE Military Health System.
HB 322 Harvey B. Morgan	Commerce and Labor	Health insurance; carrier business practices.
HB 323 Harvey B. Morgan	Commerce and Labor	Health insurance; provider panel contracts.
HB 332 David J. Toscano	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Health professions; nursing education programs.
HB 338 Robert D. Orrock, Sr.	Education	Annual body mass index assessments required for public school students.
HB 343 Beverly J. Sherwood	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Board of Health; regulation of hospice programs.
HB 352 Phillip A. Hamilton	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Mental health; emergency custody and temporary detention orders.
HB 354 Phillip A. Hamilton	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Provisional license in audiology; authorized.
HB 355 Phillip A. Hamilton	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Board of Pharmacy; specific powers and duties.
HB 368 Charles W. Carrico, Sr.	Courts of Justice	Hearing for involuntary commitment of a minor; admissibility of state recommendations.
HB 373 Charles W. Carrico, Sr.	Rules	I-SaveRX Prescription Drug Program.
HB 388 David L. Englin	Rules	I-SaveRX Prescription Drug Program.
HB 403 Rosalyn R. Dance	Commerce & Labor	Virginia Health Insurance Risk Pool.
HB 412 Robert G. Marshall	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Identification of gamete donors.
HB 413 Robert G. Marshall	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Virginia Cord Blood Bank Initiative.
HB 416 Robert Tata	Commerce & Labor	Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program.
HB 417 Robert Tata	Commerce & Labor	Birth-Related Neurological Injury Program; Virginia Retirement System; employee benefits.
HB 425 David A. Nutter	Commerce & Labor	Home Care Consumer and Worker Protection Act.
HB 437 H. Morgan Griffith	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Medical Assistance Services; autism waiver.
HB 443 James M. Shuler	Courts of Justice	Marriage and family therapists; professional counselors.
HB 444 James M. Shuler	Courts of Justice	Stem cell research authorized; requirements.
HB 465 Riley E. Ingram	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Emergency response; notification of location of certain facilities.
HB 478 Jeffrey M. Frederick	Commerce and Labor	Small employer health insurance pooling.
HB 479 Jeffrey M. Frederick	Finance	Income tax; tax credit for health insurance premiums paid by small business employers.
HB 505 Ward L. Armstrong	Courts of Justice	Sale of methamphetamine precursor drugs ephedrine and pseudoephedrine; penalty.
HB 555 M. Kirkland Cox	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Regulation of medical care services; circulator duties.
HB 586 Vivian E. Watts	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Nursing homes; staffing regulations.
HB 594 Matthew J. Lohr	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Emergency medical services; oxygen training.
HB 598 John A. Cosgrove	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Emergency medical services personnel; reporting child abuse; penalty.
HB 610 John M. O'Bannon, III	Courts of Justice	Facilitating an emergency medical services quality of care initiative; civil immunity and privileged communications.
HB 618 John M. O'Bannon, III	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Dialysis patient care technician; definition.
HB 620 John M. O'Bannon, III	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Physician self-referrals; definitions.
HB 622 John M. O'Bannon, III	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Prescriptions written for patients residing in certain institutions.
HB 623 John M. O'Bannon, III	Commerce & Labor	Health insurance; mandated coverage for treatment of malignant brain tumors.
HB 624 John M. O'Bannon, III	Commerce & Labor	Health insurance; mandated coverage for treatment of morbid obesity.
HB 625 John M. O'Bannon, III	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Determination of hazardous human remains.
HB 637 Clarence E. Phillips	Militia, Police, Public Safety	Health records; destruction.
HB 639 Clarence E. Phillips	Militia, Police, Public Safety	Local emergency directors and coordinators; emergency response training.
HB 657 Kenneth R. Plum	Commerce & Labor	Health insurance; mandated coverage for habilitative services for children.
HB 714 Michele B. McQuigg	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Local health partnership authorities; sunset.
HB 726 Michele B. McQuigg	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Parental consent prior to a minor entering into an adoption.
HB 758 Phillip A. Hamilton	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Medical Assistance Services; certain waiver application required.
HB 759 Phillip A. Hamilton	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Medicaid; public-private long-term care partnership program.
HB 760 Phillip A. Hamilton	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Health care data reporting; safety and quality of care.
HB 761 Phillip A. Hamilton	Commerce & Labor	Small employer health group cooperatives.
HB 768 Mark D. Sickles	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Health care providers; use of reprocessed single-use medical devices; civil penalty.
HB 787 Robert H. Brink	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Local health partnership authorities; sunset repealed.
HB 788 Harvey B. Morgan	Rules	Joint Commission on Health Care.
HB 789 Robert H. Brink	Courts of Justice	Criminal procedure; compensation of expert witness.
HB 831 John J. Welch, III	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Three-part medical assistance program.
HB 851 John M. O'Bannon, III	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Hospital standing orders or protocols for certain vaccinations.
HB 852 John M. O'Bannon, III	General Laws	Hospital authorities.
HB 853 John M. O'Bannon, III	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Health records privacy.
HB 868 Kathy J. Byron	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Morning-after pill; parental consent for minors required; penalty.
HB 875 Jeffrey M. Frederick	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Access to over-the-counter medications containing the drug Dextromethorphan (DXM).
HB 894 Thomas D. Gear	Commerce & Labor	Health insurance; mandated coverage for treatment of inborn errors of metabolism.
HB 937 Harvey B. Morgan	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Anabolic steroids; electronic ordering of Schedule II drugs; additions to Schedules IV and V.
HB 945 Harvey B. Morgan	Commerce & Labor	Pharmacy benefits managers.
HB 946 Harvey B. Morgan	Commerce & Labor	Health insurance; assignment of benefits to emergency room physicians.
HB 950 Johnny S. Joannou	Courts of Justice	Attorney fees deducted from Commonwealth medical liens.
HB 969 Adam P. Ebbin	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Adult Fatality Review Team; duties; membership; confidentiality; etc.; penalties; report.
HB 982 Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr.	Agriculture, Conservation, Natural Resources	Control of avian influenza; penalty.
HB 996 Robert H. Brink	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Dental hygienists administering certain Schedule VI analgesia and anesthesia.
HB 1035 Phillip A. Hamilton	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Medical assistance services; Inspector General for Medical Assistance Services established.
HB 1040 Terry G. Kilgore	Militia, Police, Public Safety	Sale of pseudoephedrine by pharmacist; limits on purchase of pseudoephedrine; penalty.
HB 1041 Terry G. Kilgore	Commerce & Labor	Health maintenance organizations; Medicaid coverage.
HB 1044 Terry G. Kilgore	Commerce & Labor	Health maintenance organizations.
HB 1056 John S. Reid	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Health professions; licensure of dietitians and nutritionists.
HB 1062 Vivian E. Watts	Health, Welfare, Institutions	DMHMRSAS; pilot program for older adults with mental illness; report.
HB 1110 Clifford L. Athey, Jr.	Courts of Justice	Immunity of physicians for laboratory results and examinations.
HB 1111 Clifford L. Athey, Jr.	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Health Professions; advertising physical therapy services.
HB 1112 Clifford L. Athey, Jr.	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Health professions; physical therapy.
HB 1115 Clifford L. Athey, Jr.	Courts of Justice	Persons presumed dead.
HB 1139 Benjamin L. Cline	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Board of Health; regulation of hospice programs.
HB 1146 Robert D. Orrock, Sr.	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Practice of social work.
HB 1147 Robert D. Orrock, Sr.	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Prescription medications; child day programs.
HB 1149 L. Scott Lingamfelter	Courts of Justice	Sale of pseudoephedrine by pharmacist; limits on purchase of pseudoephedrine; penalty.
HB 1151 L. Scott Lingamfelter	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Restrictions on funding of family planning services.
HB 1167 Allen C. Eisenberg	Commerce & Labor	Victims of domestic violence; use of alternative contact information by health care providers and insurers.
HB 1199 Robert G. Marshall	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Requirements for prescribing oral contraceptives for minors; penalty.
HB 1266 William R. Janis	Militia, Police, Public Safety	Criminal history background check of persons who enter the homes of others.
HB 1274 William R. Janis	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Health professions; abortion complications reporting; penalties.
HB 1324 David A. Nutter	Commerce & Labor	Plan for increased health insurance competition.
HB 1330 John M. O'Bannon, III	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Optometry; practice as a lessee of commercial establishment.
HB 1378 Mark. L. Cole	Courts of Justice	Informed consent to an abortion.
HB 1352 Robert B. Bell	Courts of Justice	Laboratory results; physician immunity.
HB 1389 Clarence E. Phillips	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Practice of naturopathy.
HB 1391 Clarke N. Hogan	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Virginia Congenital Anomalies Reporting and Education System.
HB 1394 John J. Welch, III	Science & Technology	Medical assistance services.
HB 1398 Phillip A. Hamilton	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Criminal records checks; employees of nursing homes, home care organizations, assisted living facilities, adult day care centers, and child welfare agencies.
HB 1405 Robert J. Wittman	Commerce & Labor	Health insurance; mandated coverage for treatment by intensity modulated radiation therapy.
HB 1455 Phillip A. Hamilton	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Administration of drugs or devices.
HB 1464 Kristen J. Amundson	Courts of Justice	Counterfeiting of prescription drugs; increased penalty.
HB 1472 Christopher B. Saxman	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Medicaid; family planning services.
HB 1474 Charles W. Carrico, Sr.	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Viral hepatitis; certain awareness program.
HB 1487 Robert D. Orrock, Sr.	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Board of Medicine.
HB 1501 Vincent F. Callahan	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Information to be provided by the Board of Medicine to individuals filing complaints against physicians.
HB 1531 Ward L. Armstrong	Health, Welfare, Institutions	Unprofessional conduct; practice of the healing arts.
HJ 13 Robert Tata	Rules	Designating November as "Lung Cancer Awareness Month" in Virginia.
HJ 37 Harry R. Purkey	Rules	Study; Commonwealth's uninsured population; report.
HJ 42 Robert H. Brink	Rules	Study; language interpreters in medical settings; report.
HJ 48 Robert G. Marshall	Rules	Study; continuing the Joint Subcommittee to Study Medical, Ethical, and Scientific Issues Relating to Stem Cell Research Conducted in the Commonwealth; report.
HJ 60 Samuel A. Nixon, Jr.	Rules	Study; interdepartmental regulation of and Comprehensive Service Program reimbursement for placements in certain children's facilities; report.
HJ 71 John M. O'Bannon, III	Rules	Study; Department of Health Professions; report.
HJ 96 Phillip A. Hamilton	Rules	Resolution; the education and treatment of individuals with autism spectrum disorders.
HJ 97 R. Steven Landes	Rules	Study; asset transfers; report.
HJ 104 Harvey B. Morgan	Rules	Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; report.
HJ 112 R. Steven Landes	N/A	Commending the Virginia Health Care Foundation for its service to the Commonwealth.
HJ 129 John M. O'Bannon, III	Rules	Study; Emergency preparedness plans for residents of special needs facilities; report.
HJ 131 Robert B. Bell	Rules	Study; mercury in vaccines; report.
HJ 158 John M. O'Bannon, III	Rules	Study; universal health care coverage for Virginians; report.
SB 18 Henry L. Marsh, III	Education & Health	Mental health; mandatory outpatient treatment.
SB 22 L. Louise Lucas	Courts of Justice	Protection of infants.
SB 112 Janet D. Howell	Education & Health	Reporting of tuberculosis strains with antimicrobial drug susceptibilities.
SB 116 Janet D. Howell	Education & Health	Immunization of children against certain diseases.
SB 117 Janet D. Howell	Education & Health	Immunization of patients against certain diseases.
SB 119 Janet D. Howell	Education & Health	Virginia Donor Registry.
SB 135 Jay O'Brien	Courts of Justice	Civil procedure; persons exempt from liability.
SB 144 R. Creigh Deeds	Commerce & Labor	Health care services billing information.
SB 160 Thomas K. Norment, Jr.	Commerce & Labor	Health insurance; payment for services rendered by non-participating providers.
SB 161 Thomas K. Norment, Jr.	Commerce & Labor	Health insurance; assignment of benefits to emergency room physicians.
SB 187 William C. Wampler, Jr.	Education & Health	Prescription Monitoring Program.
SB 206 John S. Edwards	Education & Health	Childhood obesity.
SB 207 John S. Edwards	Education & Health	Board of Health regulations; guidelines for staffing of nursing homes.
SB 211 John S. Edwards	Courts of Justice	Crisis intervention pilot programs for persons with mental illness.
SB 214 John S. Edwards	Education & Health	Health professions; mandatory suspension or revocation of license, certificate, or registration; reinstatement hearing.
SB 252 Linda T. Puller	Education & Health	Local health partnership authorities; sunset repealed.
SB 281 Nick Rerras	Education & Health	Dentists and Dental Hygienists; display of licenses.
SB 290 Ken T. Cuccinelli, II	Courts of Justice	Psychiatric Inpatient Commitment of Minors Act; special justices.
SB 309 Ken T. Cuccinelli, II	Education & Health	Mental health; outpatient treatment orders.
SB 310 Ken T. Cuccinelli, II	Courts of Justice	Mentally ill defendants; technical changes.
SB 314 Ken T. Cuccinelli, II	Courts of Justice	Sale of methamphetamine precursor drugs ephedrine and pseudoephedrine; penalty.
SB 315 Ken T. Cuccinelli, II	Courts of Justice	Abortion performed on child under age 15; penalty.
SB 338 Mark D. Obenshain	Courts of Justice	Privileged communications with professionals; civil proceedings.
SB 352 Janet D. Howell	Courts of Justice	Psychiatric Inpatient Commitment of Minors Act; special justices.
SB 370 Richard L. Saslaw	Education & Health	Virginia Cord Blood Bank Initiative.
SB 416 Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.	Education & Health	Health professions; temporary permits for certain clinicians.
SB 426 Benjamin J. Lambert, III	Education & Health	Certificate of Public Need; reduced rate for health care services to the medically indigent.
SB 428 Benjamin J. Lambert, III	Education & Health	Information sharing among users of the Virginia Congenital Anomalies Reporting and Education System.
SB 438 Benjamin J. Lambert, III	Rules	Joint Commission on Health Care.
SB 456 Jeannemarie Devolites Davis	Education & Health	Nurse practitioners; prescriptive authority.
SB 488 Frederick M. Quayle	Education & Health	Certified nurse midwives.
SB 490 Frederick M. Quayle	Education & Health	Sexually transmitted infections; testing.
SB 517 Phillip P. Puckett	Education & Health	Practice of naturopathy.
SB 519 Phillip P. Puckett	Education & Health	Designation as rural hospital.
SB 525 Phillip P. Puckett	Commerce & Labor	Health maintenance organizations.
SB 534 Jay O'Brien	Courts of Justice	Amendment to adoption laws; creation of a putative father registry; penalty.
SB 580 Ken T. Cuccinelli, II	Education & Health	Type of licensure required of physicians who perform abortions.
SB 584 Ken T. Cuccinelli, II	Rehabilitation & Social Services	Child abuse or neglect; mandated reporting of certain teenage pregnancies.
SB 620 Charles R. Hawkins	Education & Health	Nursing homes, assisted living facilities, adult day care, and home and health hospice; barrier crimes.
SB 635 Janet D. Howell	Rehabilitation & Social Services	Adult Fatality Review Team; report; etc.
SB 638 Patricia S. Ticer	Commerce & Labor	Victims of domestic violence; use of alternative contact information by health care providers and insurers.
SB 643 John C. Watkins	Commerce & Labor	Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program.
SB 647 Jay O'Brien	Education & Health	Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
SB 660 Ryan T. McDougle	Courts of Justice	Immunity for physicians.
SB 668 Frank M. Ruff	General Laws & Technology	Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Commission; sunset.
SB 684 Benjamin J. Lambert, III	Education & Health	Certificate of public need; exemption.
SB 702 Jeannemarie Devolites Davis	Education & Health	Investigations of physicians without disciplinary actions.
SB 703 Jeannemarie Devolites Davis	Education & Health	Board of Nursing; instruction in child abuse recognition and intervention.
SJ 4 W. Roscoe Reynolds	Rules	Study; the derivative effects of increases in health care costs on health insurance premiums; report.
SJ 90 Stephen D. Newman	Rules	Study; medical malpractice; report.
SJ 97 L. Louise Lucas	Rules	Encourage FDA to approve Plan B contraception.
SJ 125 Stephen H. Martin	Rules	Resolution; the education and treatment of individuals with autism spectrum disorders.
SJ 138 Stephen H. Martin	Privileges & Elections	Confirming Governor's appointments; miscellaneous positions.
SJ 185 Thomas K. Norment, Jr.	Rules	Study; private inpatient psychiatric facilities; report.

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